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v

To seize a debtorÂ’s property, held by a third party, in order to recover a debt; commonly against debtorÂ’s earnings from an employer.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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